THE WORKER DELIVERY

Maoriland Worker, Volume 11, Issue 475, 21 April 1920, Page 3

THE WORKER DELIVERY

L. V. Orbell, Hillgrove, Otago, writes: —"I have received your Jetter of the 24th instant advising mc that the cause of my paper being stopped was due to the expiry of my Workers' Union ticket, which I regret to state is quite wrong. I cannot help expressing a feeling of disgust over the delivery of the paper to Union members. I have been a supporter ofr the Shearers' Union for a number of years now, and acting as shed rep., and using my influeace among men to get them to safeguard their interests by organising and supporting their own paper, the support and circulation of the paper being one of the best aids to organised Labor. I have unfortunately, however, on several occasions, been subjected to a 'rally , from members, whom I have induced to pay the levy, owing to their not getting their paper. This season I have sent in £5/12/6 from Moeraki Station, including my own ticket. I am enclosing slip and hope that the paper will be sent along." Mr. Orbell's letter is dated March 30. (Membere will note that this member fails to send in his slip until weoks after he made his complaint that he was not in re~ ceipt of his paper. As a matter of fact his 1919-1920 slip expired on February 23, 1920, and as his 1920-1921 slip had not reached The' Worker office'by then no papers were posted to him after this date. His new slip for 1920-1921 reached the office ou April 2nd last, and of course immediately on its receipt his paper was posted. Repeatedly in The "Worker members have been advised that if they do not take caro to, renew their Union tickets and slips ,on tho date of the expiry of their old tickets there Iβ a probability that a gas will occur between this date and that on which their new slips are .received, during which gap the issue of their papers will cease. This has been Mr. Orbell's experience, and now that the reason why his paper was not posted to him has been made clear,- he will we hope, restrain his criticism of The Worker in future.— A.C.j

v G. "W. Mitchell, Bealey Road, Tenipleton, wrftes that he received a letter from Head Office on March 9th advising him that the manager of Tile Worker had been instructed to send him his paper. He has received no paper from that date and asks that the matter be attended to. (This has been attended to.—A.C.)

A. L. Wixon, Morven, writes: "I have been a member of the New Zealand Workers' Union for six years and I have been informed that each member gets a Maoriland Worker weekly. If that is so, I wish to remind you that I have not received any yet." (The Head Office is glad of this reminder, because it gives it the opportunity *of reminding this member that he has never sent in his Worker slip. If he will not take the trouble to send his name and address to The Worker, Box 1500, Wellington, how can he expect a paper to be posted to him.—A.C.) .